Baked potato soup is nommy and super easy. Go make it. Go make it now. It's one of my favorite winter recipes since chances are good I have all the stuff on hand, and it only requires one pot.
What you need:
baked potatoes. 4 or so should be sufficient, but quantities aren't set in stone here
4 cups milk
4 cups chicken stock
bacon!
cheese
green onions
sour cream
salt
pepper
Cook some bacon. I use like 6 pieces, because I want the fat, and bacon is delicious. I suppose you could use turkey bacon, but why? Anyway, cook off your bacon and set aside, but don't drain the fat. Throw in some flour (roughly the same amount of liquid and flour). Stir around and cook for a couple of minutes. Pour in the chicken stock and deglaze a bit so that you have all those yummy bacon bits. Pour in the milk. I usually cook it for a few minutes and let it all heat through, then dump in the potatoes. Now, I usually put in the skin of one and the innards of the rest. I sort of chop them up, but since baked potatoes don't chop real well, don't spaz if they just kind of chunk up. Dump these in and stir around. As it simmers some more, if it looks like the soup isn't going to be thick enough for you, just mush up some of the potatoes and stir it around. Once everything is hot and thick, put in a glob of sour cream, a cup or so of cheese, the bacon, and some chopped up green onions or chives. If I don't have green stalky things, I just saute some onion in the bacon fat instead. Anyway, do this and then cut your heat. At some point in this process I throw in a good amount of fresh ground pepper, usually a little paprika, and some season salt. This is definitely a taste as you go kind of thing. Remember that milk and potatoes are bland as hell, so chances are you are going to use more seasoning than you think you need. Just keep tasting. But you can honestly throw in whatever the hell you want, it's all good!
November 24, 2010
November 17, 2010
Some thoughts on knitting
So as those of you who know me in real life know, I knit at pretty much any available opportunity. This often means I am knitting in public which leads to some inevitable statements from people. For the purpose of performing a public service announcement, I'm going to debunk a few of them.
1. "I don't have time to do stuff like that." Do you watch movies? Wait in doctors offices? Watch tv? Sit in traffic jams? Then guess what? You have time to knit. Just because you don't have hours on end to knit doesn't mean that you don't have time. Quite frankly, a lot of the time I am knitting it's a row or two here and there. I don't sit down and churn out a sweater in one sitting here people! My point is, once you start knitting, you realize that you do have time. And then you will become obsessed and make time.
2. "My grandmother used to do that. Isn't knitting only for old people?" No. Shut up.
3. "I could never do that!" Well guess what? Have you ever tried? Then how would you know? It's really not that hard. You have two pointy stick and some string. You essentially make a serious of knots to form fabric. This is not rocket science people. Yes there are some techniques that are more difficult. But what one knitter finds difficult others think is a piece of cake. For instance, I find color work difficult and tedious. But I do enjoy knitting things with cool textures and shape. So there you have it.
4. "Would you teach me how?" Sure. Let me know when and where.
And then simply for the hell of it, a picture of the Mario afghan I've been working on for Sean:
1. "I don't have time to do stuff like that." Do you watch movies? Wait in doctors offices? Watch tv? Sit in traffic jams? Then guess what? You have time to knit. Just because you don't have hours on end to knit doesn't mean that you don't have time. Quite frankly, a lot of the time I am knitting it's a row or two here and there. I don't sit down and churn out a sweater in one sitting here people! My point is, once you start knitting, you realize that you do have time. And then you will become obsessed and make time.
2. "My grandmother used to do that. Isn't knitting only for old people?" No. Shut up.
3. "I could never do that!" Well guess what? Have you ever tried? Then how would you know? It's really not that hard. You have two pointy stick and some string. You essentially make a serious of knots to form fabric. This is not rocket science people. Yes there are some techniques that are more difficult. But what one knitter finds difficult others think is a piece of cake. For instance, I find color work difficult and tedious. But I do enjoy knitting things with cool textures and shape. So there you have it.
4. "Would you teach me how?" Sure. Let me know when and where.
And then simply for the hell of it, a picture of the Mario afghan I've been working on for Sean:
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November 16, 2010
I can't think of a witty title
So tis the season. The season of Christmas knitting that is. I REALLY want to share pictures, but I also don't want to ruin the surprise for the recipients, so I am just going to taunt you all with the fact that I am getting shit done. I do promise that I will make a huge post after the fact showing off ALL THE THINGS. But to make you all feel better, here's a hat I made for the craft fair awhile back. It's actually up for grabs if anyone wants it!
And here is the blanket I made my little bruvver when he left for college. It's been over a year, but I just now got some pictures of the FO.
And here is the blanket I made my little bruvver when he left for college. It's been over a year, but I just now got some pictures of the FO.
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